java.security.cert

Class Certificate

java.lang.Object

java.security.cert.Certificate

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

X509Certificate

public abstract class Certificate
extends Object
implements Serializable

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Certificate(String type) Creates a certificate of the specified type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getType() Returns the type of this certificate.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Certificate

protected Certificate(String type)

Creates a certificate of the specified type.

Parameters:

type - the standard name of the certificate type. See the CertificateFactory section in the Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation for information about standard certificate types.

Method Detail

getType

public final String getType()

Returns the type of this certificate.

Returns:

the type of this certificate.